scholarly journals THE SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF MACROPHAGE PHAGOCYTIC RECEPTORS BY ANTI-MEMBRANE ANTIBODIES

1972 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Holland ◽  
Nancy H Holland ◽  
Zanvil A. Cohn
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Selective Inhibition ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Mouse Macrophages ◽  
Γ Globulins ◽  
Membrane Attachment ◽  
Common Antigens ◽  
Partial Blockade

Rabbit antibodies were prepared against purified mouse macrophages, erythrocytes, and liver lysosomes. In the presence of complement each of these reagents was capable of lysing mouse erythrocytes and macrophages. In the absence of complement, all antisera agglutinated mouse erythrocytes and at high concentration produced a cytotoxic effect on macrophages. At IgG concentrations of 100 µg/ml, no morphological evidence of cytotoxicity was evident. These data suggest the presence of common antigens on the erythrocyte and macrophage plasma membrane. Anti-macrophage, anti-erythrocyte, and anti-lysosomal γ-globulins and IgG, employed at subtoxic concentrations, all inhibited the attachment and ingestion of opsonized erythrocytes and mycoplasma. This occurred without significant reduction in the phagocytosis of polystyrene particles, formalinized erythrocytes, and yeast cell walls. Each of the anti-membrane IgG antibodies was capable of blocking the Fc receptor on the macrophage plasma membrane. Attachment to the macrophage membrane occurred by means of the Fab region. However, a role for the Fc portion of the molecule was suggested since pepsin-digested IgG was unable to block the receptor. Each of the IgG antibodies produced a partial blockade of the complement receptor and reduced the ingestion of EAC1,4,2,3 by approximately 50%.

scholarly journals Actin-membrane interaction in fibroblasts: what proteins are involved in this association?

1984 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 95s-103s ◽  
Author(s):  
P Mangeat ◽  
K Burridge
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Stress Fiber ◽  
Membrane Interaction ◽  
Microfilament Bundles ◽  
The Family ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Membrane Attachment ◽  
A Chain ◽  
And Function

In this review we discuss some of the proteins for which a role in linking actin to the fibroblast plasma membrane has been suggested. We focus on the family of proteins related to erythrocyte spectrin, proteins that have generally been viewed as having an organization and a function in actin-membrane attachment similar to those of erythrocyte spectrin. Experiments in which we precipitated the nonerythrocyte spectrin within living fibroblasts have led us to question this supposed similarity of organization and function of the nonerythrocyte and erythrocyte spectrins. Intracellular precipitation of fibroblast spectrin does not affect the integrity of the major actin-containing structures, the stress fiber microfilament bundles. Unexpectedly, however, we found that the precipitation of spectrin results in a condensation and altered distribution of the vimentin class of intermediate filaments in most cells examined. Although fibroblast spectrin may have a role in the attachment of some of the cortical, submembranous actin, it is surprising how little the intracellular immunoprecipitation of the spectrin affects the cells. Several proteins have been found concentrated at the ends of stress fibers, where the actin filaments terminate at focal contacts. Two of these proteins, alpha-actinin and fimbrin, have properties that suggest that they are not involved in the attachment of the ends of the bundles to the membrane but are more probably involved in the organization and cross-linking of the filaments within the bundles. On the other hand, vinculin and talin are two proteins that interact with each other and may form part of a chain of attachments between the ends of the microfilament bundles and the focal contact membrane. Their role in this attachment, however, has not been established and further work is needed to examine their interaction with actin and to identify any other components with which they may interact, particularly in the plasma membrane.

scholarly journals Salmonella stimulate macrophage macropinocytosis and persist within spacious phagosomes.

1994 ◽  
Vol 179 (2) ◽  
pp. 601-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Alpuche-Aranda ◽  
E L Racoosin ◽  
J A Swanson ◽  
S I Miller
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
Membrane Ruffling ◽  
Mouse Macrophages ◽  
Constitutive Mutation ◽  
Microscopic Studies ◽  
Specific Igg ◽  
Salmonella Survival ◽  
Time Lapse Video

Light microscopic studies of phagocytosis showed that Salmonella typhimurium entered mouse macrophages enclosed in spacious phagosomes (SP). Viewed by time-lapse video microscopy, bone marrow-derived macrophages exposed to S. typhimurium displayed generalized plasma membrane ruffling and macropinocytosis. Phagosomes containing Salmonella were morphologically indistinguishable from macropinosomes. SP formation was observed after several methods of bacterial opsonization, although bacteria opsonized with specific IgG appeared initially in small phagosomes that later enlarged. In contrast to macropinosomes induced by growth factors, which shrink completely within 15 min, SP persisted in the cytoplasm, enlarging often by fusion with macropinosomes or other SP. A Salmonella strain containing a constitutive mutation in the phoP virulence regulatory locus (PhoPc) induced significantly fewer SP. Similar to Yersinia enterocolitica, PhoPc bacteria entered macrophages in close-fitting phagosomes, consistent with that expected for conventional receptor-mediated phagocytosis. These results suggest that formation of SP contributes to Salmonella survival and virulence.

High concentration of plasma membrane H+-ATPase in root caps ofLepidium sativum L.

1993 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
pp. 317-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. -G. Stenz ◽  
H. -G. Heumann ◽  
M. H. Weisenseel
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
High Concentration

Identification of intracellular sites of superoxide production in stimulated neutrophils

1998 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kobayashi ◽  
J.M. Robinson ◽  
H. Seguchi
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Alkaline Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Superoxide Production ◽  
Human Neutrophils ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Marker Enzyme ◽  
Intracellular Compartments

In this study, we show that superoxide production is carried out within intracellular compartments of human neutrophils and not at the plasma membrane following stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate. Oxidant production was not observed in unstimulated cells. Stimulated cells exhibited superoxide production in two distinct types of intracellular organelles. Initially, activity was detected in slender rod-shaped granules and in spherical or elliptical granules. The oxidant-producing granules fused directly with the plasma membrane or fused to form larger intracellular vesicles which then became associated with the plasma membrane. Longer periods of stimulation with PMA resulted in a decrease in the number of vesicles containing oxidant reaction product only, and an increase in structures containing both the oxidant-reaction product and ferritin particles; the latter was used herein as a marker for endocytosis. Thus a complex pattern of intracellular vesicular trafficking occurs in stimulated neutrophils. Alkaline phosphatase activity, a marker enzyme for a type of intracellular neutrophil granule was co-localized in the oxidant reaction-positive intracellular compartments. The time course of up-regulation of alkaline phosphatase activity to the cell surface parallelled the release of superoxide from stimulated cells. Results from this study demonstrate for the first time cytochemical and morphological evidence that superoxide is released from stimulated neutrophils through exocytosis of an oxidant-producing intracellular granule.

Differential localization patterns of myristoylated and nonmyristoylated c-Src proteins in interphase and mitotic c-Src overexpresser cells

1993 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. David-Pfeuty ◽  
S. Bagrodia ◽  
D. Shalloway
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Nuclear Translocation ◽  
Nuclear Lamina ◽  
Early Prophase ◽  
Nuclear Staining ◽  
Membrane Breakdown ◽  
Membrane Attachment ◽  
Transforming Activity ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Nih 3T3

Myristoylation of pp60src is required for its membrane attachment and transforming activity. The mouse monoclonal antibody, mAb327, which recognizes both normal, myristoylated pp60c-src and a nonmyristoylated mutant, pp60c-src/myr-, has been used to compare the effects of preventing myristoylation on the localization of c-Src in NIH 3T3-derived overexpresser cells using immunofluorescence microscopy. During interphase, pp60c-src partitions between the plasma membrane and the centrosome, while pp60c-src/myr- is predominantly cytoplasmic but also partly nuclear. The cytoplasmic, but not the nuclear, staining can be readily washed out by brief pretritonization of the cells before fixation, indicating that the cytoplasmic pool of pp60c-src/myr-, in contrast with the nuclear one, does not associate tightly with structures that are insoluble in the presence of nonionic detergents. We have previously shown that during G2 phase, pp60c-src leaves the plasma membrane and is redistributed diffusely throughout the cytoplasm and to two clusters of patches surrounding the two separating centriole pairs. In contrast, we now find that pp60c-src/myr- translocates to the nucleus in late G2 or early prophase prior to there being any clear evidence of nuclear membrane breakdown or nuclear lamina disassembly. Similar nuclear translocation of pp60c-src/myr-, but not of pp60c-src, is also observed when cells are arrested in G0 or at the G1/S transition. Furthermore, during mitosis, pp60c-src is found primarily in diffuse and patchy structures dispersed throughout the cytoplasm while pp60c-src/myr- more specifically associates with the main components of the spindle apparatus (poles and fibers) and inside the interchromosomal space. These results suggest that a possible role for myristoylation might be to prevent unregulated nuclear transport of proteins whose nonmyristoylated counterparts are readily moved into the nucleus. They also raise the possibility that a subfraction of wild-type pp60c-src may behave, at specific times, like its nonmyristoylated counterpart, and may translocate to the nucleus and exert specific functions in that location.

Endothelial Alterations During The Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
J C Lewis ◽  
J T O’Flaherty ◽  
C M McCall ◽  
R L Wykle
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Platelet Activating Factor ◽  
Capillary Endothelium ◽  
Cytotoxic Action ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Rabbit Lung ◽  
Capillary Endothelial Cells ◽  
Platelet Aggregates

PAF (l-0-alkyl-2-0-acetyl-sn-gylcero-3-phosphocholine) induces polymorphonucelar leukocyte and platelet stasis in rabbit lung capillaries in vitro and produces a model of acute respiratory disease. Since PAF mediates anaphylactic reactions, a study was done to determine the ultrastructural effects of PAF treatment. Mature rabbits were treated by intravenous administration of either PAF (0.15-10 μg/kg: 8 animals) or BSA (the PAF carrier: 3 animals) prior to sacrifice and intraventricular perfusion with 0.1 M phosphate buffered (pH 7.2) glutaraldehyde (2.5%). Animals (n=5) injected with a high concentration of PAF (3-10 μg/kg) and sacrificed within 15 minutes of PAF administration had grossly contracted lungs, the vasculature of which (as observed by scanning electron microscopy) contained numerous marginated leukocytes and platelet aggregates. Animals (n=3) given PAF in the concentration range 0.15-2.4 μg/kg had less consistent lung contraction and fewer platelet aggregates within capillaries. Luminal surfaces of capillary endothelial cells in all PAF treated animals (when observed by transmission electron microscopy [TEM]) were dramatically altered. In contrast to the uniformly smooth surfaces in control animals, vessels in the PAF treated animals had tortuous surfaces with plasma membrane discontinuities and protrusion of plasma membrane fragments into the capillary lumen. Morphometric analysis of TEM micrographs substantiated statistically significant (p<0.01) increases in the number and size of plasmalemmal vesicles.These observations clearly document a cytotoxic effect for capillary endothelium. This cytotoxic action may in part explain the clinical effect of PAF.

scholarly journals Fc receptor modulation in mononuclear phagocytes maintained on immobilized immune complexes occurs by diffusion of the receptor molecule.

1983 ◽  
Vol 157 (6) ◽  
pp. 2121-2139 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Michl ◽  
M M Pieczonka ◽  
J C Unkeless ◽  
G I Bell ◽  
S C Silverstein
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Biosynthesis ◽  
Fc Receptor ◽  
Mononuclear Phagocytes ◽  
Receptor Modulation ◽  
Igg Binding ◽  
Mouse Macrophages ◽  
Coated Surface ◽  
Coated Surfaces ◽  
Antigen Antibody

We describe a method for synchronously assembling antigen-antibody complexes underneath macrophages adherent to an antigen-coated surface. We have used this method to study the mechanism of Fc receptor (FcR) disappearance that occurs when resident and thioglycollate-elicited mouse macrophages are cultured on immune complex-coated surfaces. Erythrocytes opsonized with IgG (E(IgG) and a monoclonal antibody (2.4G2 IgG) directed against the trypsin-resistant FcR (FcRII) were used as indicators of the presence and distribution of FcRII molecules on the macrophage plasma membrane. Inhibitors of aerobic (NaCN) and anerobic (2-deoxyglucose, NaF) glycolysis and pinocytosis, of protein biosynthesis (cycloheximide), and of cytoskeletal function (cytochalasin B and D, colchicine, podophyllotoxin, taxol) did not reduce the rate or extent of FcRII modulation. Moreover, treatment of the macrophages with 0.1-0.5% formaldehyde did not reduce the extent of FcRII modulation as measured by the disappearance of E(IgG) binding sites. FcRII modulation was markedly slowed when the temperature was decreased to 2-4 degrees C. These results prove that FcRII modulation is governed by diffusion of the receptor in the plasma membrane. From the speed of FcRII disappearance from the macrophage's upper surface we calculate that the receptor has a diffusion coefficient at 37 degrees C of 2.5 X 10(-9) cm2/s. This finding indicates that FcRII, in its unligated form, is not linked to the macrophage's cytoskeleton, and that the receptor is capable of accommodating spatially to any distribution of ligands on a particle's surface.

scholarly journals Legionella pneumophila Is Internalized by a Macropinocytotic Uptake Pathway Controlled by the Dot/Icm System and the Mouse Lgn1 Locus✪

2001 ◽  
Vol 194 (8) ◽  
pp. 1081-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahisa Watarai ◽  
Isabelle Derre ◽  
James Kirby ◽  
Joseph D. Growney ◽  
William F. Dietrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Legionella Pneumophila ◽  
Inbred Mouse ◽  
Fluid Phase ◽  
Mouse Strains ◽  
Inbred Mouse Strains ◽  
Intracellular Replication ◽  
Recombinant Inbred Mouse ◽  
Uptake Pathway ◽  
Mouse Macrophages

The products of the Legionella pneumophila dot/icm genes enable the bacterium to replicate within a macrophage vacuole. This study demonstrates that the Dot/Icm machinery promotes macropinocytotic uptake of L. pneumophila into mouse macrophages. In mouse strains harboring a permissive Lgn1 allele, L. pneumophila promoted formation of vacuoles that were morphologically similar to macropinosomes and dependent on the presence of an intact Dot/Icm system. Macropinosome formation appeared to occur during, rather than after, the closure of the plasma membrane about the bacterium, since a fluid-phase marker preloaded into the macrophage endocytic path failed to label the bacterium-laden macropinosome. The resulting macropinosomes were rich in GM1 gangliosides and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked proteins. The Lgn1 allele restrictive for L. pneumophila intracellular replication prevented dot/icm-dependent macropinocytosis, with the result that phagosomes bearing the microorganism were targeted into the endocytic network. Analysis of macrophages from recombinant inbred mouse strains support the model that macropinocytotic uptake is controlled by the Lgn1 locus. These results indicate that the products of the dot/icm genes and Lgn1 are involved in controlling an internalization route initiated at the time of bacterial contact with the plasma membrane.

Insulin increases the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase alpha 2-subunit in the surface of rat skeletal muscle: morphological evidence

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (6) ◽  
pp. C1716-C1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Marette ◽  
J. Krischer ◽  
L. Lavoie ◽  
C. Ackerley ◽  
J. L. Carpentier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cellular Localization ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Mammalian Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Tissue Fixation ◽  
Insulin Stimulation ◽  
Rat Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Quantitative Evidence

The cellular localization of the alpha 2-subunit of the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase was defined by immunoelectron microscopy, and the effect of insulin on the amount of alpha 2-immunoreactive subunits on the cell surface was quantitated. Two protocols were used for tissue fixation and immunolocalization. Protocol 1 was characterized by fixation with 2% paraformaldehyde, use of a monoclonal antibody, and detection with 3-nm-diameter gold-labeled Fab fragments or 10-nm gold-labeled immunoglobulin G. Protocol 2 was characterized by fixation with 4% paraformaldehyde plus 0.1% glutaraldehyde, use of a polyclonal antibody, and detection with 10-nm gold-labeled protein A. In control muscle, the alpha 2-subunit of the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase was present at the plasma membrane and in intracellular tubular and vesicular structures located in subsarcolemmal and triadic regions. Acute insulin stimulation increased the number of immunolabeled alpha 2-subunits in the plasma membrane after both fixation protocols. The gain in the plasma membrane ranged from 1.5- to 3.7-fold and was significant at the level of P < 0.005. These results provide morphological quantitative evidence that the alpha 2-subunit of the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase is present both at the plasma membrane and intracellularly in mammalian skeletal muscle and that insulin acutely increases its abundance in the muscle surface.

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